(Addenda for Mac users: on some Macs, the file cannot be seen if there are any spaces in the filename; for example, "My Picture.jpg", needs to be renamed "MyPicture.jpg". Use Basic Editor to upload the file: click on "Browse" to locate it, check the "Inline" box, then click "Upload attachment". Then insert the picture into your post using [Inline MyPicture.jpg].)

Image Hosting Sites: Version 1 of this website had a series of walkthroughs using Photobucket as an online image editor to reduce the size of images. This worked for reducing pixel sizes but not for reducing file sizes (KB size). In fact, Photobucket was increasing the file size of images as it decreased pixel size. Therefore, I have removed all tutorials involving Photobucket. Instead, I've substituted the tutorials for the Online Image Resizer. See link above.

The Online Image Resizer does not host images and so the tendency will now be to have TORn host all images embedded in a post. This is something TORn graciously does for us. But, there is a limit to server space. I do not want to discourage anyone from hosting the images they embed in a post here at TORn on an image hosting site. For more info on image hosting sites, go HERE. I do not have any tutorials on how to use any of these sites. First, the interface changes very frequently and my tutorials become outdated when they do. Second, these sites have their own help sections that should function fairly well for most people. If you'd like to use an image hosting site and have a question or are struggling with a step, ask for help on Feedback. If I can't get to it quickly, I'm betting someone else can.

I'm going to recap the guidelines for images embedded in a post below.

Thanks, magpie! ...and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew, and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth; and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore glimmered and was lost.